HUMAN RIGHTS
Back to homepageIRAN MUST END HARASSMENT OF STONING CASE LAWYER 0
Post Views: 4 Mostafaei is defending Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, who was sentenced to stoning © Private Amnesty International has urged the Iranian authorities to stop harassing human rights lawyers amid continuing uncertainty over the whereabouts of the defence counsel in a
Read MorePakistan Pushes Draconian New Terror Bill 0
Post Views: 4 Secret Trials, Unchallengeable Summary Detentions on the Table Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik today proposed a massive expansion of government power with the “Anti-Terrorism Bill 2010,” a bill which is set to go
Read MoreSingapore: Legal Charges Threat to Freedom of Expression 0
Post Views: 9 British Author’s Critique of Death Penalty Leads to Arrest (New York) – Singapore officials should cease using criminal defamation and contempt laws to silence government critics, Human Rights Watch said today. The arrest of Alan Shadrake, the
Read MoreIndia: Don’t Repeat Misuse of Counterterrorism Laws 0
Post Views: 8 Amend Laws to Protect Basic Rights (New York) – The Indian government should revise its draconian 2008 amendments to counterterrorism laws that can lead to serious violations of human rights, Human Rights Watch said in a new
Read MoreGreece must stop treating migrants as criminals Greece must stop treating migrants as criminals 0
Post Views: 3 Unaccompanied children are often held with adults, which is illegal under international law.© UNHCR/L. Boldrini The Greek authorities should immediately review their policy of locking up irregular migrants and asylum-seekers, including many unaccompanied children, Amnesty International said
Read MoreUS: Confused, Alone, and in Legal Limbo 0
Post Views: 11 Personal belongings of undocumented immigrants being loaded into an ICE plane as part of the deportation process. © 2008 Michael Schennum·People With Disabilities Unlawfully Detained and Deported (New York) – People with mental disabilities, including US citizens,
Read MoreIndia: Press Burmese Leader on Human Rights 0
Post Views: 6 State Visit by Than Shwe Offers Opportunity to Reverse Failed Approach (New York) – India should emphasize respect for human rights during the state visit by Burma’s Senior General Than Shwe, Human Rights Watch said today. Economic
Read MorePakistan: End Collective Punishment in Swat 0
Post Views: 4 Forced Evictions, House Demolitions Undermine Fight Against Taliban (New York) – The Pakistani government should immediately investigate reports that security forces are carrying out collective punishment against relatives of suspected Taliban militants during operations in the Swat
Read MoreThe Netherlands: Do Not Deport Somalis 0
Post Views: 8 (Amsterdam) – The Dutch government should immediately halt all plans to return Somalis to war-torn Somalia, Human Rights Watch said today. The Dutch authorities have announced their intention to deport, between now and October 2010, at least
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China: Witnesses Lift Veil on Abuses by Security Forces in Tibet
Post Views: 2 (New York) – Eyewitness accounts confirm that Chinese security forces used disproportionate force and acted with deliberate brutality during and after unprecedented Tibetan protests beginning on March 10, 2008, Human Rights Watch said in a new report
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